Post-war homelessness policy in the UK : making and implementation /
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| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction: Definitions, Neglected Issues and Pre-War Position; Introduction; Definitions; Defining Social Rented Housing; Difficulties in Quantifying Homelessness; Methodological Issues; Under-Discussed Issues in the Study of Homelessness; The Pre-1945 Position; References; Chapter 2: Key Themes in Post-War Homelessness; Introduction; Explanations of Homelessness; Deviance-based Explanations ('Sin Talk'); Structural Explanations ('System Talk'); Explanations Based on Vulnerability ('Sick Talk')
- Explanations Specific to Young PeopleMore Complex Explanations; Categories of Homeless People; Levels of Demand for Public Sector Housing; Differences Between Geographical Areas; Favoured Forms of Prevention; Summary; References; Chapter 3: 1945-1961: From Everybody's Problem to Problem Families; Introduction; The Post-War Housing Crisis and the Housebuilding Response; The 1948 National Assistance Act and Homeless Families; Failure to Anticipate Causes of Homelessness; Failure to Locate Responsibility with the Correct Department; The Lack of Entitlement to Permanent Housing
- The Assumption of Blame on the Part of Homeless HouseholdsThe Local Authority Response; The Narrow Focus of Central Government Action; Reception Centres for Those "Without a Settled Way of Living"; Summary; References; Chapter 4: 1961-1979: The Long Road to Change; Introduction; Factors Leading to a Change in Attitudes to Homeless Families; The Delayed Impact of the 1957 Rent Act; Press Coverage; Cathy Come Home; The Changing Role of the Voluntary Sector; Opinion Divided; Local Authority Practice; The Context of Local Authority Practice; Punitive Practices in Temporary Accommodation
- Taking Children into CareExamples of Improving Practice; Welfare and Housing Departments; The Factors that Led to Change; Changes to Demand for Social Rented Housing; Evidence of Poor Local Authority Practice Compiled; Changes to the Law; The Political Process Leading to the 1977 Act; The Creation of the Joint Charities Group; Conservative Change of Direction; Labour's Uncertainty; Reasons for the Changes in Direction; The Provisions of the Act and Early Issues with Implementation; Single Homeless People: A Group of Lesser Concern; Forms of Provision for Single Homeless People; Summary